- Date Of Birth: August 27, 1931
- Date Of Death: June 3, 2021
- State: Ohio
BOARDMAN – Arlan E. Crawford, 89, died Thursday, June 3, 2021 at his residence. He was born August 27, 1931 in Elkton, OH; son of the late Paul and Gertrude (Armstrong) Crawford.
Arlan was a 1950 graduate of Salem High School. He then enlisted in the United States Air Force, where served in Japan in the Korean Conflict.
He worked at Ohio Bell (AT&T), where he started as a lineman and later in engineering at Ohio Bell in Youngstown.
Arlan was Past secretary/treasurer at the Salem Elks Lodge #305.
Some of his passions were building with his hands which turned into building model airplanes and later flying them. Arlan was part-owner of a private plane at the Salem Air Park that he occasionally flew.
He also had a passion for building computers and anything electrical.
Survivors include his wife, Eileen (Jackson) Crawford, whom he married August 19, 1987; one daughter, Janelle (Rob) Sylvester of Poland; one stepdaughter, Jill (Tom) Weikart of Salem; adopted daughter, Deborah Crawford; siblings, Ruth Blake of New Mexico, Dona McCloskey of Columbus, and David Crawford of Florida; grandchildren, Aadam Zocolo, Aryn Glenn, and Brad Galla; and four great-grandchildren.
Besides his parents, Arlan was preceded in death by one son, Keith Crawford; one stepdaughter, Jenifer Farmer; one sister, Eileen Shanker; and one brother, Richard Crawford.
